the high jump
Definition of the high jump
: an athletic event in which people compete by trying to jump over a bar high above the ground He won the gold medal in the high jump.
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Word by Word Definitions
: rising or extending upward a great distance : taller than average, usual, or expected
: having a specified height or elevation : tall
: situated or passing above the normal level, surface, base of measurement, or elevation
: at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree
: well, luxuriously
: an elevated place or region: such as
: hill, knoll
: the space overhead : sky
: to spring into the air : leap
: to spring free from the ground or other base by the muscular action of feet and legs
: to move suddenly or involuntarily : start
: an act of jumping : leap
: any of several sports competitions featuring a leap, spring, or bound
: a leap in figure skating in which the skater leaves the ice with both feet and turns in the air
: exactly, pat
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